The loss of small island states will affect us all. Climate change refugees will become a very serious issue for all countries.
Lord Ma’af
On the afternoon of December 15th 2009, Tonga’s Minister for Environment and ...

Acknowledging the work of the late Tongan professors, Futa Helu and Epeli Hau’ofa, this is the first in a series of four articles. Teena Brown Pulu revisits Helu’s criticism of development in Tonga by framing interview ...

This is an overview of the International Symposium on Māori and Indigenous Screen Production held at AUT Marae, December 4-5, 2010. The Symposium provided a platform for Māori, Pasifika and other Indigenous film-makers, ...

This article outlines the development a model of mental wellness – Te Ao Tūtahi – that encompasses the complexity of Maori existence . The objective of the proposed model was to depict the different cultural influences and ...

Howard Zinn wrote “it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners” (Zinn, 2003). Democracy by Zinn’s view operates beyond state nationalism and a capitalist economy. Represented in people ...

For this second article in a series of four stimulated by conversations about present day Tonga, Sefita Hao’uli, Kalafi Moala, and Melino Maka discuss whether there is a Tongan frame or explanation for development. And ...